Category Archives: releases

Update: following the announcement, Wamsley crashed on a dangerous corner at the final stage of the Joe Martin Stage Race and is out with a fractured collarbone and broken teeth. He is replaced by Cody O’Reilly on the Tour of California roster. The BISSELL Pro Cycling Team has selected an aggressive and balanced roster for…

The Women’s Prestige Cycling Series resumes this week when the 24th annual SRAM Tour of the Gila begins Wednesday in Silver City, N.M. Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (HTC-Columbia) leads the individual and sprint competition but is not among the 75 women registered for the five-day National Racing Calendar event. However, second-placed individual Katharine Carroll and her Peanut…

With the Amgen Tour of California just over the horizon, the Team Type 1 Pro Men headed to Mexico for the Vuelta Mexico Telmex brought home the team general classification victory, a stage win and three top five finishes. Team director Vassili Davidenko was optimistic about the chances for Team Type 1 ahead of the…

The UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis got off to a fast start in the opening weekend of the Southeast Criterium Series speed week. On Saturday, Karl Menzies of the UnitedHealthcare Presented by Maxxis took the victory at the Terrapin Athens Twilight Criterium, besting five breakmates in a sprint finish. Andrew Pinfold of UnitedHealthcare…

With a squad in Europe and another heading to Gila this week, reigning U23 criterium champion Samantha Schneider is the lone representative of Team TIBCO/To the Top in the Southeast criterium series, which started this weekend in Georgia. But being on her own didn’t stop her from representing the team well to open the weekend.…

The UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis wrapped up a successful weekend at La Vuelta de Bisbee today with a solid performance all around by the team. After an opening two days that saw Rory Sutherland take two stage wins and Roman Kilun finish 2nd in the first road stage of the race and…

This year’s edition of the Nature Valley Grand Prix will go “old school,” with a return to Eddy Merckx-style racing for the individual time trial that opens this year’s USA Cycling National Racing Calendar event. Executive Director David LaPorte said the Nature Valley Grand Prix has opted to invoke a new USA Cycling rule that…

Darren Lill wins first stage and takes overall victory; David Tanner wins third and final stage. In his first major race since sustaining a serious wrist fracture in December last year Lill soled from the break of 7 to take stage 1 of the Tour de Bisbee. Team Fly V Australia is racing the Tour…

Team Vera Bradley Foundation experienced the highs and the lows of bike racing today at the Roadrunner Classic Omnium. The highs being a victory in the morning time trial; and the lows being losing the yellow jersey due to bad luck with a flat tire at the wrong moment. But despite a bit of misfortune,…

It’s that time of year when cyclocross series start announcing their autumn programs. And, as usual, the well-organized MAC Cyclocross on America’s Eastern Seaboard is one of the first to publish a confirmed race schedule; a schedule sees the biggest makeover in many years for the venerable organization. The biggest news on the MAC tour…

The first four of the 12 riders on the Nature Valley Pro Ride men’s and women’s teams have been selected, with the next two to be determined in Oregon this weekend. Women’s qualifiers are Kristen Meshberg of Lyons, Ill., from the Hillsboro-Roubaix Road Race near St. Louis and Monroe, Ga., resident Nancy Jones, from the…

The Jamis/Sutter Home Men’s Cycling Team presented by Colavita has been invited to race the UCI 2.2 Tour de Santa Catarina in Brazil, which begins April 21 and continues through April 25. Directeur Sportif Sebastian Alexandre made the announcement. “We are pleased to be selected for this challenging race,” said Alexandre. “Alejandro Borrajo is racing…

Brooke Miller of Team TIBCO/To the Top put in another strong performance today in the Ronde van Drenthe World Cup, finishing 6th out of a lead group of 13 that began to take shape just past the half-way point of the 135km race. The course featured three cobbled sections, all over 2 km long, as…

Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Individual and Sprinter), Mara Abbott (Best Young Rider) and Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY 12 (Team) lead the Women’s Prestige Cycling Series following the first of four events on the 2010 schedule. Teutenberg (HTC-Columbia) has a 220-165 point advantage over Katharine Carroll (Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY 12) in the individual standings after…

ASO and AEG expand cycling partnership agreement: Tour de France TV production team will be in California entire Amgen Tour of California will be shot and distributed in HD to Eurosport and Versus ASO will produce & distribute a daily highlights and recap package of the Amgen Tour of California Full release Amaury Sport Organisation…

The USA CRITS Speed Week Series begins in Athens, Georgia on April 24 and showcases bicycle racing in three states ending up in Sandy Springs, Georgia on May 2. This year’s series will host the best criterium racers in the world with a solid line up of USA CRITS Division 1 Teams in attendance. The…

Team TIBCO/To the Top made a solid start to its spring European campaign under extremely difficult conditions at the Tour of Flanders Sunday. Brooke Miller survived the wind, occasional rain and hazardous riding conditions created by slick cobbles and a nervous peloton to take 13th place in the race known to race fans simply as…

USA Cycling announced today several changes to its 2010 National Championship Calendar. The dates of the USA Cycling Masters Road National Championships in Louisville, Ken., have changed slightly. Because of a change in the criterium course, the event will now run August 3-8 as opposed to the previously announced August 1-7. More information, as well…

From CCA: After extensive consultation with athletes and Provincial and Territorial cycling associations the Canadian Cycling Association is pleased to announce the launch of the Race Clean OWN YOUR VICTORY program. This program is athlete driven and compliments the highly successful Roulez Gagnants au Naturel program that the Fédération québécoise des sports cyclistes has been…